Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Southland Conference · Sharp Gymnasium · March 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread LAM -2.5 Home covered
O/U 132.5 Under
Money HCU +114 / LAM -135
Model Predictions
Spread Total HCU win
Actual HCU +22 128 Won
Massey LAM -2.0 (+24.0) — —
Massey Totals — 134.4 (-6.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 60% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 48% ✗
Baseline Plus ML LAM -1.8 (+23.8) 132.4 (-4.4) 49% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LAM -3.0 (+25.0) 131.0 (-3.0) 33% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML LAM -1.4 (+23.4) 130.8 (-2.8) 42% ✗
Baseline ML LAM -0.9 (+22.9) 131.4 (-3.4) 48% ✗

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 13, 2026 LAM 64 – 56 HCU
Feb 22, 2025 LAM 66 – 58 HCU
Jan 5, 2025 LAM 63 – 61 HCU
Mar 7, 2024 LAM 78 – 68 HCU
Jan 20, 2024 HCU 78 – 77 LAM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HCU LAM
Overall 12-20 12-19
Conference 8-14 7-15
Home 9-5 7-8
Away 3-14 5-10
Neutral 0-1 0-1
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L1 L8
Avg Pts For 66.3 68.4
Avg Pts Against 72.4 70.5
Massey -8.1 (#292) -3.2 (#218)
Bradley-Terry -1.47 (#300) -1.35 (#289)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.01 (#312) -1.35 (#263)
RPI 0.426 (#324) 0.433 (#309)
Shooting & Four Factors HCU LAM
FG% 43.8% 42.5%
3PT% 31.9% 33.5%
REB / G 31.2 36.6
OREB / G 10.2 12.9
AST / TO 1.13 1.18
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.5% 48.2%
TOV% 18.9% 18.0%
ORB% 30.7% 35.6%
FT Rate 24.7% 20.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.1% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 17.2%
DRB% 67.7% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 21.9% 30.4%

Game Analysis

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